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MinterEllison says its own systems were not compromised by the hackers who were able to impersonate a trusted associate of the firm.

Hackers scam staff member at one of Australia’s biggest law firms

Even some of the country’s best and brightest can be duped by bad actors impersonating trusted partners during transactions.

  • Sarah Danckert

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Opposition Leader John Pesutto and ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming.

Legal heavyweights line up for Deeming’s battle with Pesutto

The exiled Liberal MP’s defamation battle with the party leader has legal legends lining up on both sides.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court earlier this week.

Roberts-Smith’s barrister asks newspapers about alleged ‘deal’ with witness

A potential witness for three newspapers in the war veteran’s defamation case does not want to give evidence about his own involvement in an alleged killing, the court heard.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Lawyer Rebekah Giles who is acting for the Attorney-General Christian Porter.

‘They’re dealing with steel’: the lawyer fighting for Christian Porter

Rebekah Giles has become the go-to lawyer for powerful people whose lives have been blown apart by scandal

  • Anne Hyland
Prince Harry and Meghan during their interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Behold the high dudgeon! The reaction to Harry and Meghan is a contemporary clash of values

Look, I like the Queen, but this is the era of people who speak their minds. Discretion and fidelity to institutions? Not so much.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Annette Kimmitt was forced to leave her job as Minter Ellison CEO in the fall-out over an email she sent.

The culture war at the heart of MinterEllison’s implosion over Christian Porter

It wasn’t the best timing for a MinterEllison cocktail party. Earlier that day, the firm’s CEO sent an all-staff email that blasted a senior partner. It was the legal equivalent of a BBQ stopper.

  • Chris Vedelago and Tammy Mills
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Minter Ellison chief executive Annette Kimmitt has agreed to leave over an email she sent to staff.

Annette Kimmitt made a serious mistake when she sent email to staff

But it would be deeply ironic and quite unfair if Kimmitt was to depart while Christian Porter returned to work without facing any independent investigation.

  • Rosalind Dixon
Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds

Embattled ministers Porter and Reynolds paying their own legal costs

Cabinet minister Linda Reynolds and Christian Porter are paying their own legal fees after engaging defamation lawyers in separate matters.

  • Katina Curtis, Tammy Mills and Nick Bonyhady
Annette Kimmitt.

Law firm chief ‘asked to leave’ as embattled ministers told to pay own legal costs

The reports say MinterEllison chief executive Annette Kimmitt has been forced out of the firm over the backlash from a senior partner’s decision to advise Attorney-General Christian Porter.

  • Tammy Mills, Chris Vedelago and Katina Curtis
CEO of Minter Ellison Annette Kimmitt at the company’s office in Sydney on October 16, 2019.

PM’s office called lawyer to thank him for advising Porter over rape allegation

The involvement of prominent law firm MinterEllison in advising Attorney-General Christian Porter has caused deep divisions and has potentially damaging financial consequences.

  • Tammy Mills and Chris Vedelago

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